$5M from Shell to be used to monitor air, educate community in wake of air quality violations

Glynis BoardJuly 28, 2023

The funds come from a settlement with Shell over air quality volitions at its Beaver County ethane cracker.

EnergyPollutionThe Coming Chemical Boom

Pa.’s environmental oversight board dismisses petition to raise key cost for conventional drillers

Rachel McDevittJuly 28, 2023

The request was to raise the bond amount for conventional wells. That's the money to plug a well at the end of its useful life.

Energy

Sunoco Pipeline ordered to pay $660,000 for environmental violations, DEP says

Zoë ReadJuly 28, 2023

The violations are for water contamination across the state caused by the company’s Mariner East pipeline construction project between 2018 and 2021.

EnergyPollutionWater

Pa. House brings severance tax idea back around, raising an old debate in the nation’s 2nd-largest gas producer

Rachel McDevittJuly 20, 2023

There’s talk of a natural gas severance tax in Harrisburg again. It's unclear whether Gov. Shapiro will support it.

EconomyEnergyPolitics

Study finds radioactive materials in waterways near treatment plants associated with fracking waste

Reid FrazierJuly 20, 2023

Pitt and Duquesne University researchers found radium downstream of wastewater treatment plants that treat runoff from landfills that accept frack waste.

EnergyWater

New sinkhole forms along Mariner East pipeline in Chester County

Susan PhillipsJuly 18, 2023

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is investigating a sinkhole along the Mariner East natural gas liquids pipeline in Chester County.

EnergyFollow the Pipeline

Renewable energy projects could come online faster with new grid policy in PA

StateImpact PennsylvaniaJuly 13, 2023

PJM Interconnection is changing how it approves new electricity projects, intending to speed up the process. About 8 in 10 of the more than 2,600 projects waiting for approval are from renewable sources.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Pa. leads in EV incentives, but lags in planning and goals, report says

Rachel McDevittJuly 7, 2023

Pennsylvania falls in the middle of the pack when it comes to state policies that make it easier for people to use electric vehicles.

Climate ChangeEnergyTransportation

Company seeks former mine lands for reforestation

Kat BolusJuly 7, 2023

Owners of formerly-mined lands now have a chance to transform their properties into young, healthy forests.

ConservationEnergy

Activists rally to prevent fracking under Ohio’s largest state park 

Julie GrantJuly 7, 2023

They’re fighting against a new law that requires state agencies to consider proposals to drill for oil and gas under Ohio’s public lands.

ConservationEnergyYour Environment Update